State of the Union Address Recap

During the State of the Union address on January 28, 2014, President Obama discussed how his health care reform policy, commonly nicknamed “Obamacare,” fits into his bigger agenda for decreasing the gap between financial inequality.

Currently there are 3 million people who have enrolled in private health plans under the federal and state exchanges. Initially, the goal was to have 3.3 billion people enrolled by the end of 2013. Still, this is not far behind the goal even after the appeals and technical difficulties. As many frustrated Americans are aware, the health exchanges rolled out with a rocky start due to the website failures on HealthCare.gov and the cancellation of millions of American’s insurance policies after they did not meet the law’s new standards.

Despite these setbacks, President Obama argues that he is still trying to help hard working families who have been broken due to high medical expenses.

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